Table 5.
Degree of agreement between disease activity states based on BASDAI and ASDAS-ESR cut-off values.
ASDAS-ESR <1.3 | 1.3 ≤ASDAS-ESR <2.1 | 2.1 ≤ASDAS-ESR ≤3.5 | ASDAS-ESR > 3.5 | |
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n = 134 | n = 184 | n = 149 | n = 22 | |
BASDAI <2.0 | 113 (84.3) | 64 (34.8) | 14 (9.4) | 0 (0.0) |
2.0 ≤ BASDAI <2.6 | 13 (9.7) | 51 (27.7) | 12 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) |
2.6 ≤ BASDAI ≤ 4.8 | 8 (6.0) | 67 (36.4) | 87 (58.4) | 5 (22.7) |
BASDAI > 4.8 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 36 (24.2) | 17 (77.3) |
BASDAI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; ASDAS, Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Weighted kappa: 0.538, p < 0.001.